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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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